Family member stole money because scammed
John, 28, was scammed and lost all his personal saving. He asked his family for help and they decided to lend him money as he slowly pay them back.
John, scammed again and need more money, asked his cousins for help. Family found out again and still decided to lend him money for his necessities (i.e. bills, daily food etc).
Fast forward about a week, John took his parents’ atm card because he thinks he can get his money back, stole 25% (below 20k) and got scammed AGAIN.
Parents are very unconfrontational and wants to forgive, citing that John keeps threatening to commit not unalive himself and that money can be earned back despite John scolding his Parents for telling on him as well).
Seems like John was being scammed dby the same person (give 3k, they’ll promise back 8k etc etc). Which is odd because he is usually very levelheaded and people-smart.
John’s sibling is furious that Parents is willing to forget everything that happened because they have placed tighter security on their atm card and bank accounts.
What should John’s sibling do? Fold that unfilial stupid John in half (possibly get arrested for assault)? Call police to arrest John (Parents will be upset, ruins John’s life cuz jail, Parents might side with John because they don’t want him to go to jail)?
Edit: Thank you everyone for your comments. It is very assuring to have a wide pool of opinions on this matter.
Police report was made when John got scammed for the 1st time. Now that he has stolen money from my parents’ bank account, should I report John to the police for theft?
Netizens’ comments
- Separate money, bank accounts, stay courteous but stand your ground that you will not be around while they consciously sink their ship.
Also which idiot gets scammed the same way again and again?
They are probably gambling the money away or are part of sextortion.
Separate finances. Be ready to take a loss on other family assets. Protect yourself. Let them stay in their sinking ship. - Or is he… the real scammer?
- John was not scammed. John is the scammer.
- It’s not a case of scam. A 1000% it’s a gambling/addiction thing. The MO has been the same probably since the beginning of time – i.e., lying to your loved ones to fund your addiction.